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Takashi Kadowaki

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Takashi Kadowaki publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takashi Kadowaki sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,240 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Takashi Kadowaki D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takashi Kadowaki sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 176 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Takashi Kadowaki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with numerous publications spanning these fields.

Their work covers several subfields including endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, epidemiology, genetics, and surgery. These areas reflect the breadth of their research interests within human health and disease mechanisms.

Kadowaki's main topics of work include:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kadowaki include:

  • "A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity," 2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Large-scale genome-wide association study in a Japanese population identifies novel susceptibility loci across different diseases," 2020, Nature Genetics
  • "Role of Insulin Resistance in MAFLD," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Kadowaki frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Diabetes Investigation (16 publications)
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism (13 publications)
  • Diabetes (12 publications)
  • Diabetes Therapy (7 publications)
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (7 publications)

The scientist collaborates extensively with other researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Toshimasa Yamauchi (103 joint publications)
  • Masaomi Nangaku (48 joint publications)
  • Satoko Yamaguchi (31 joint publications)
  • Naoto Kubota (28 joint publications)
  • Akira Okada (28 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • The fat-derived hormone adiponectin reverses insulin resistance associated with both lipoatrophy and obesity

    T. Yamauchi;J. Kamon;H. Waki;Y. Terauchi

  • Adiponectin stimulates glucose utilization and fatty-acid oxidation by activating AMP-activated protein kinase

    T Yamauchi;J Kamon;Y Minokoshi;Y Ito

  • Cloning of adiponectin receptors that mediate antidiabetic metabolic effects

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Junji Kamon;Yusuke Ito;Atsushi Tsuchida

  • Adiponectin and adiponectin receptors in insulin resistance, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome

    Takashi Kadowaki;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Naoto Kubota;Kazuo Hara

  • Adiponectin and Adiponectin Receptors

    Takashi Kadowaki;Toshimasa Yamauchi

  • CD8 + effector T cells contribute to macrophage recruitment and adipose tissue inflammation in obesity

    Satoshi Nishimura;Ichiro Manabe;Mika Nagasaki;Koji Eto

  • Diabetes in Asia: epidemiology, risk factors, and pathophysiology.

    Juliana C. N. Chan;Vasanti Malik;Weiping Jia;Takashi Kadowaki

  • Report of the Committee on the Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Diabetes Mellitus

    Yutaka Seino;Kishio Nanjo;Naoko Tajima;Takashi Kadowaki

  • A cross-population atlas of genetic associations for 220 human phenotypes

    Saori Sakaue;Masahiro Kanai;Yosuke Tanigawa;Juha Karjalainen

  • Disruption of adiponectin causes insulin resistance and neointimal formation.

    Naoto Kubota;Yasuo Terauchi;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Tetsuya Kubota

  • PPARγ Mediates High-Fat Diet–Induced Adipocyte Hypertrophy and Insulin Resistance

    Naoto Kubota;Yasuo Terauchi;Hiroshi Miki;Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Hiroyuki Tamemoto

  • Targeted disruption of AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 causes abrogation of adiponectin binding and metabolic actions.

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Yasunori Nio;Toshiyuki Maki;Masaki Kobayashi

  • Insulin resistance and growth retardation in mice lacking insulin receptor substrate-1.

    Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Takashi Kadowaki;Kazuyuki Tobe;Takeshi Yagi

  • Troglitazone increases the number of small adipocytes without the change of white adipose tissue mass in obese Zucker rats.

    Akira Okuno;Hiroyuki Tamemoto;Kazuyuki Tobe;Kohjiro Ueki

  • Impaired Multimerization of Human Adiponectin Mutants Associated with Diabetes MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND MULTIMER FORMATION OF ADIPONECTIN

    Hironori Waki;Toshimasa Yamauchi;Junji Kamon;Yusuke Ito

  • Globular Adiponectin Protected ob/ob Mice from Diabetes and ApoE-deficient Mice from Atherosclerosis

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Junji Kamon;Hironori Waki;Yasushi Imai

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LXI. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

    Liliane Michalik;Johan Auwerx;Joel P. Berger;V. Krishna Chatterjee

  • Growth retardation and increased apoptosis in mice with homozygous disruption of the akt1 gene

    William S. Chen;Pei Zhang Xu;Kathrin Gottlob;Mei Ling Chen

  • Overexpression of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 in Adipose Tissues Causes Macrophage Recruitment and Insulin Resistance

    Nozomu Kamei;Kazuyuki Tobe;Ryo Suzuki;Mitsuru Ohsugi

  • Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus : The Committee of the Japan Diabetes Society on the diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus

    Yutaka Seino;Kishio Nanjo;Naoko Tajima;Takashi Kadowaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshimasa Yamauchi
Toshimasa Yamauchi University of Tokyo
Naoto Kubota
Naoto Kubota University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Tobe
Kazuyuki Tobe University of Toyama
Yasuo Terauchi
Yasuo Terauchi Yokohama City University
Kohjiro Ueki
Kohjiro Ueki National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Ryozo Nagai
Ryozo Nagai Jichi Medical University
Yasuo Akanuma
Yasuo Akanuma University of Tokyo
Yoshio Yazaki
Yoshio Yazaki University of Tokyo
Masato Kasuga
Masato Kasuga National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Satoshi Kimura
Satoshi Kimura University of Tokyo

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